Zandi Radebe and Vangile Gantsho

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On The Blueprint we commemorate and honour the life and work of utata uRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe, on the week of the centenary of his birth. We invited guests Zandi Radebe and Vangile Gantsho. Zandi Radebe is a mother, a Black Consciousness Pan-Afrikanist (BCPA) activist, and decolonial scholar. As a co-founder and leader of the Blackhouse Kollective Soweto (BHK); a Soweto-based initiative driven by black youth that focuses on cultivating communities of knowledge and practice while reclaiming black epistemologies. Vangile Gantsho is a healer, poet and co-founder of impepho press. gantsho’s poetry has been published in various literary publications around the globe, including New Daughters of Africa(2019) and has participated in festivals and literary programmes across three continents. she dedicates herself and her work to creating and/or supporting spaces that encourage (black feminine) healing.
9 Dec 2024 English South Africa Music History · Music Commentary

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